Author Topic: The Battle Royale Thread (may contain spoilers) (Read 45563 times)

kosu · « **Reply #100 on:** March 27, 2009, 09:05:39 AM »

^yeah

and the second one is too crappy ....... I was like "wtf ?" lol

zay05ohayou · « **Reply #101 on:** April 05, 2009, 02:41:59 PM »

Still haven't seen it..

I might check out if they have it on dvd in the shops.. or i might have to dL .. Heard Light from Death Note is in it.

stefy · « **Reply #102 on:** April 06, 2009, 12:59:12 PM »

^correction a very YOUNG Light from Death Note. XDD

But yes the movie is just... EPIC! Kitano Takeshi was amusing!! In a very twisted kinda way...

Yanki31Mina · « **Reply #103 on:** January 04, 2010, 02:38:34 AM »

The second film is not as good as the first. I'm surprised, I thought Battle Royale was somewhat well known outside of Japan. Netflix doesn't even have it.

tat2330 · « **Reply #104 on:** February 02, 2010, 06:19:58 AM »

haha yup the 1st is still the best, and i believe its quite well known outside of jap

Hart · « **Reply #105 on:** February 08, 2010, 03:54:40 AM »

According to Quentin Tarantino, the movie made it to his Top 20 list of favorite movies that he'd watch since becoming a director. In fact, it's his #1 favorite movie on the list.

Rickker708 · « **Reply #106 on:** February 08, 2010, 04:36:21 AM »

^and then he got Chiaki to play Gogo in Kill Bill vol 1.

Ishtar · « **Reply #107 on:** February 17, 2010, 12:18:40 AM »

Battle Royale is amazing!! I remember I didn't know it before see it on a videoclub back on 2003/2004 under the name "Juego Sangriento" (Bloody Game) and I readed the synopsis behind the box and it seemed promising.
As the moment it started I didn't interrupted it! I love violent movies talking about dystopia.

Months later a friend bought me the novel and it's one of my favorite books! I found really nice some extra details about the rest of the characters; but if I have to choose, my favorite is the manga! it's crude as the novel is but with more background updates. (Damn, Mitsuko doing a reference of Natural Born Killers just made me happy while reading it).

I'm not so against a remake, because you can always choose the version you like the best. So be scandalized about it it's pointless 0:

I readed that someone mentioned a remake trailer but I didn't find it (the post is from 2007 and this video is recent). I just found this fan-made video and actually it doesn't look so bad...it kinda looks like one of those movies you watch during weekends on tv.

nimrod · « **Reply #108 on:** May 17, 2010, 04:25:46 PM »

Battle Royale 3D announced

Japanese studio Toei is preparing a 3D version of Kinji Fukasaku’s cult action thriller Battle Royale, which is one of the widest selling movies ever from Japan.
[...]
Fukasaku’s son, Kenta Fukasaku, is supervising the 2D to 3D conversion in Tokyo through this production company Fukasaku-Gumi. Kinji Fukasaku passed away in 2003, so Kenta took over directing duties on a sequel, Battle Royale 2: Requiem, which was released later the same year.

The 3D version of the original will be ready for market screenings in October and released in Japan on November 20. Like the original, the 3D version will have an R-15 rating in Japan.

http://blog.affenheimtheater.de/en/2010/05/17/battle-royale-3d-announced/
http://www.screendaily.com/news/asia-pacific/toei-plans-3d-version-of-cult-thriller-battle-royale/5013986.article

Seriously, who needs this ??

nimrod · « **Reply #109 on:** July 27, 2010, 02:04:33 AM »

Battle Royale goes Blu

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Arrow Video get excited about all their titles as you can see but they're literally frothing at the mouth with excitement about Kinji Fukasaku's incredible Battle Royale and their plans to bring it to special edition DVD and... Blu-ray. Current release date is looking like 4th October.

http://www.cult-labs.com/forums/arrow-video-titles-past-present-future/3309-arrow-video-battle-royale.html

nimrod · « **Reply #110 on:** October 11, 2010, 09:21:32 AM »

http://blog.affenheimtheater.de/en/2010/10/10/battle-royale-3d-trailer/

BR goes 3D

muppet · « **Reply #111 on:** October 11, 2010, 10:29:16 AM »

The Original Battle Royale was highly recommended to me by a friend, and once I saw it............I see why he liked it. It was great, and if I can find a translated version of the book, I would like to read it.
BR was released in December 2000, so the 10 year anniversary is coming soon.
I saw a Japanese Television Drama that came out three years before BR (October 2007), called "Bokuro no Yuuki - Miman Toshi" which starred Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto (collectively known as the KinKi Kids), also starring a very good actress named Mai Hosho. Haven't seen much of her lately, but she is all that and a bag of chips.
Also in support was a very young Jun Matsumoto (he of Arashi if you are not an Earthling) who was great in his role. "Bokura No Yuuki Miman Toshi" was a science fiction, but it tapped into the same fear that BR tapped into- the youth cannot be trusted (and of course for kids it was the sure knowledge that you cannot trust the establishment) Great theme song, of course- "Ai Sareru Yori Ai Shitai" sung by the KinKi Kids.

nimrod · « **Reply #112 on:** October 11, 2010, 01:26:22 PM »

The 3D trailer sucks

http://br3d.jp/

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It was great, and if I can find a translated version of the book, I would like to read it.

http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286796208&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Koushun-Takami/dp/156931778X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286796208&sr=1-3

I have the german version from this book, but the book is very different from the movie ^^

And the Manga are very brutal and violent compared to the movie

nimrod · « **Reply #113 on:** October 23, 2010, 10:47:28 PM »

BD Info:

Disc 1

* Battle Royale, theatrical cut
* Original theatrical trailer
* The Making of Battle Royale: The Experience Of 42 High School Students
* Conducting Battle Royale with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

Disc 2

* Battle Royale, director's cut
* Special Edition trailer
* TV spot: Tarantino Version
* Shooting the Special Edition
* Takeshi Kitano interview
* The Correct Way to Make Battle Royale [Birthday Version]
* Tokyo International Film Festival presentation

Disc 3

* Opening Day at Maru No Uchi Toei Movie Theatre
* The Slaughter of 42 High School Students
* Premiere Press Conference
* The Correct Way to Fight in Battle Royale
* Royale Rehearsals
* Masamichi Amano Conducts Battle Royale
* Special effects comparison
* Behind-the-scenes featurette
* Filming on set
* TV spots, promos and commercials
* Kinji Fukasaku trailer reel

Non-disc contents

* 32-page comic
* 36-page booklet including:
o "A Battle without an End" by Tom Mes, author of The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film
o Printed interview with director Kinji Fukasaku
o "Today's Lesson Is... You Kill Each Other" by Jay McRoy, author of Japanese Horror Cinema [LE-exclusive]
o Extract from Koushun Takami's original novel [LE-exclusive]
o Original promotional material including director's statement, cast and crew biogs [LE-exclusive]
* 16-page booklet including concept artwork and drawings for the Limited Edition set [LE-exclusive]
* 5x7" postcards of stills from the film [LE-exclusive]
* Fold-out reversible poster of original artwork

The studio has confirmed that it will be region free.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=5329

nimrod · « **Reply #114 on:** October 28, 2010, 05:29:46 PM »

http://blog.affenheimtheater.de/en/2010/10/28/battle-royale-limited-edition-blu-ray-cover-features/

awesome boxset

and limited to 5000 pieces
Available at Amazon.co.uk for £16.99 and its RegionFree

Kamijou Toma · « **Reply #115 on:** October 28, 2010, 11:11:14 PM »

Ah Battle Royale. I keep telling myself to watch the movie but I still haven't for some reason. Still the manga was awesome though.

Scatterbrain · « **Reply #116 on:** November 18, 2010, 02:09:55 AM »

The movie is very good indeed... I watched various times really

The manga is great also... it was my first manga hehe

nimrod · « **Reply #117 on:** December 18, 2010, 02:49:46 PM »

Our BD - DVD Comparison http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/index.php?lang=en&vergleich=battle_royale

onizuka75019 · « **Reply #118 on:** April 04, 2011, 11:05:01 AM »

Battle Royal it's a very good movie

Frenchy · « **Reply #119 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:55:45 AM »

I really liked #1 - especially I thought the tag line was effective:
"could you kill your best friend?"